The Hollywood and Vine corner is the one with the legendary reputation, but for my money, it’s the Sunset and Vine intersection that hold endless fascination for me. Take this circa late 1940s photo for example: We can see Tom Breneman’s Hollywood restaurant, the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, the Broadway Hollywood department store, and the NBC Studios, which by then had become the KNBH television studios. AND it’s all in color. What’s not to love?

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